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Celebrate Community Storytelling

Tech Soup

She studied the German, Czech, and Spanish languages and has lived and traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia, including Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. Lisa graduated from Mount Holyoke College with degrees in philosophy and critical social thought.

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Southeast Asia, Social Enterprise Accidental Tour!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just spent almost three weeks in Thailand and Laos on a combined work and vacation trip. One of my business visits was to a long-standing social enterprise partner of ours, Digital Divide Data in Vientiane, Laos. I wrote about that visit in my last blog post: Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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Rather than a single moment in time, ESG was born out of actions in the business community over several decades that culminated into our modern understanding of ESG today. While still debated, there’s a growing consensus that business strategy should n o t just be about profit maximization.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

We have financed many micro-credit loans for women and men who want to start their own businesses as an alternative way to make a living for their families so that they're not circumstantially forced to take work that would be degrading or demeaning to them. in April, and we will be doing a lecture and documentary screening tour with him.